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Fat and Thin


— Нет, милый мой, поднимай повыше, — сказал толстый.

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— No, my dear fellow, aim higher than that, — said the fat one.

Where it stands

— Я уже до тайного дослужился… — I've risen as far as privy councillor already…

Две звезды имею. I have two stars.

The words in this sentence

нет
no; there is not
ми́лый
dear, sweet, nice (nom m sg)
мой
my, mine (nom m sg)
поднима́й
lift, raise (imper) — поднимать
повы́ше
a bit higher
сказа́л
he said (past m of сказать, to say) — сказать
то́лстый
fat/stout

А. П. Чехов, «Толстый и тонкий», 1883 · sentence 22 of 33

This is one sentence of «Толстый и тонкий» — 33 sentences long, and the whole story reads like this: every word glossed where it stands, the English out of your eyeline until you ask for it. Free, no account.

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